I was recently talking with a student at the small college I went to a couple decades ago and he said that many students go to a different, nearby college to party on the weekends. This was very surprising because we tended to look down on that college — our primary rival — when I was in school, and we never would have gone there to party. The student said the parties weren't much better, but that they wanted to avoid the possibility of doing something stupid and having it show up on social media that all their friends see.
I suggested that there could be a smartphone-free dorm, and students who live there would have to have dumb phones or no cell phones. Parties hosted there would have the same rules for all attendees. It would be like how there used to be non-smoking dorms for students and visitors who preferred to live in a smoke-free environment.
That was my point: it used to be possible for those who wished to smoke in their rooms to do so, but that choice has been stripped everywhere I am aware of.
I suggested that there could be a smartphone-free dorm, and students who live there would have to have dumb phones or no cell phones. Parties hosted there would have the same rules for all attendees. It would be like how there used to be non-smoking dorms for students and visitors who preferred to live in a smoke-free environment.